A paratrooper assigned to 1/505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division secures a Helicopter Landing Zone in #Afghanistan as a CH-47 prepares to take off in late October 2109. Photo credit: 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, US Army. […]
An historic unit name synonymous with the commando heroics and bravery of World War Two has been revived for a new era of the Royal Marines. 1 Assault Group Royal Marines – the marines’ amphibious warfare experts – will now be known as 47 Commando Raiding Group, reinvigorating a unit name that not only gives a […]
Do you earn your living by “carrying big bags up and down hills” (to quote the legendary Col. Charles Beckwith)? Have you ever actually received instruction in the proper way to sling a ruck onto your back and adjust and carry it safely and effectively? If you answered “yes” to the first question, and “no” […]
The Swiss Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10 (German: Armee-Aufklärungsdetachement 10, French: Détachement de reconnaissance de l’armée 10, Italian: Distaccamento d’esplorazione dell’esercito 10) is not photographed very often, so it was especially noteworthy when this photo popped up in my Facebook feed this morning (hat tip to: explorateur.ch/photographie). What’s also noteworthy about this photo is that it […]
U.S. 19th Special Forces Group Soldier lands after a Military Free Fall June 19, 2019, as part of Exercise Trojan Footprint 19. Trojan Footprint, hosted by U.S. Special Operations Command Europe, brought together 1400 SOF from ten nations for training over land, sea and air across Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and the Black Sea. U.S. Army […]
Crosman first introduced a full-auto, CO2-powered BB gun in January of this year, in the shape and form of their licensed replica of the DPMS Panther Arms SBR. Now they’ve taken things to the next level with 2 additional models in their full-auto BB gun series – the R1 rifle and the P1 pistol. The full-auto […]
Estonian Air Commandos with the U.S. Air Force’s 352d Special Operations Wing returned to Tallin, Estonia to conduct a multitude of air operations with other U.S. and Estonian Special Operations Forces, out of a CV-22 Osprey. U.S. and Estonian partners spent the week focused on three mission objectives that could be applied to any part […]
A US Army Special Forces “Green Beret” test-fires an FG-42 captured from the Viet Cong in Vietnam. Source: WWII German weapons during the Vietnam War […]
Fort Benning, Georgia — Effective immediately, the Regimental Military Intelligence Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment is now a permanent part of the 75th Ranger Regiment. The RMIB’s mission is to recruit, train, develop, and employ highly trained and specialized Rangers to conduct full spectrum intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, cyber, and electronic warfare operations in order to enhance […]
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